Summer Baseball: Ashland Legion blanks Watertown

Thursday

Jun 19, 2014 at 10:09 PMJun 19, 2014 at 11:07 PM

Ashland starter Austin Cave threw a four-hitter for his second shutout of the season as unbeaten Post 77 blanked visiting Watertown 3-0 in a Zone 5A American Legion game at the Ashland Middle School on Thursday night.

Ashland starter Austin Cave threw a four-hitter for his second shutout of the season as unbeaten Post 77 blanked visiting Watertown 3-0 in a Zone 5A American Legion game at the Ashland Middle School.Cave, who played at Loomis Chaffee and will continue his career at Holy Cross, struck out eight and did not allow a walk. Ashland (3-0) has not allowed a run this season. Nick Burns threw the other shutout for Ashland, which has outscored its first three opponents, 18-0.Ashland scored all three runs in the fourth inning. Nick Porter led off the inning with a walk and Mett Jeye followed with a single. Chris Moberg belted a two-run double and came home later in the frame on Conner Birch's sac fly.Post 77's third baseman Matt Treveloni preserved the shutout by making a diving catch with the bases loaded in the third inning.Brendan Thurber went 2-for-3 and Treveloni also hit a double in the win."I can't complain so far, but I'd like to get bats going a little more," said Ashland manager Dan Sullivan.Post 77 plays a doubleheader at Billerica on Saturday with games starting at 10 a.m. and around 12:30 p.m. Birch and Evan Park are scheduled to be Ashland's starting pitchers.SUBDURY 11, NORTH CHELMSFORD 1: Joe Euele belted two doubles and a grand slam and finished with seven RBIs as Sudbury (3-0) romped past visiting North Chelmsford in a Zone 5 game at Feeley Field.Sudbury starter Joey Westerman pitched five innings for the win, striking out six and allowing one earned run. Relievers Gino Fordiani worked a 1-2-3 sixth and Nick Campana closed out the game in the seventh.Bobby Petersen went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and three RBIs as Post 191 broke it open with four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.

Senior Babe RuthFRANKLIN 10, WESTBOROUGH 6: Ben Waters threw three innings of shutout relief for the win and Franklin (1-5) scored nine runs in the sixth inning to rally for a comeback victory over visiting Westborough (1-4) in a Central Mass. Senior Babe Ruth non-division game.Anthony Nazaretian reached bases three times with two hits and a walk, and scored a run for Franklin, which trailed 6-1 after five innings. Reliever Ethan Rioux closed out the win by pitching a scoreless seventh.Westborough pitcher Danny Lis pitched well over five innings, and Dylan Castell had two hits and scored two runs for the Scorpions.

FRAMINGHAM 8, NATICK 0: Pat Carroll threw a three-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts and just one walk as Framingham (5-2) rolled past Natick (4-2) in a CMSBR North game.

Evan Hansen reached base three times and scored three runs, Dan Singer hit an RBI single and scored a run and Jamie Brigham singled for Framingham.

Jake Marks, Kyle Dembrowski and Sean Harney had singles for Natick.

HOLLISTON SWEEPS PAIR: Andrew Salant threw a one-hitter in a 5-2 win over Millis in the opener and J.B. Cerulli scored the game-winning run in the seventh inning in a 5-4 victory over Bellingham (2-1) in the nightcap as Holliston (4-2) swept a CMSBR South doubleheader at the Adams Middle School.

Salant struck out five and allowed one earned run. Cam Balin broke up the no-hitter with a single in the Millis seventh.

Zach Jacobs doubled and scored a run for Holliston.

Bellingham took a 3-0 lead after three inning before Holliston moved in front 4-3 in the fourth. Pinch hitter Mike Galeaz put Holliston ahead with an RBI single.

Bellingham tied it in the sixth on consecutive triples by Derek Izzo (2 RBIs) and Josh Reget to tie it. Holliston reliever Zach Kase got three straight outs to strand the runner at third.

Cerulli led off the seventh with a double. Brendan O’Connell dropped down a bunt and Cerulli scored on an infield throwing error on the play.

Jesse Young got the win in relief for Holliston.

Bellingham pitcher Andrew Uttermann struck out the final five batters he faced.